Theodora Kroeber: Stringing Together the Bone Beads of History
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Keene’s Elizabeth Sadoques Mason: One of the first Native American Registered Nurses in the United States
There are numerous ways Theresa and I discover and decide which Nasty Women to highlight on our...
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Katalin Karikó: The biochemist who persisted!
Update: Since discovering scientist Katalin Karikó and the role she’s played in the...
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Ada Lovelace: Math, Vision, and Ambition in a Woman Meets Certain Death in Victorian England – Women Writing Code
When I think of Ada Lovelace 1815-1852, widely recognized as the first computer programmer, I...
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Marie Curie: The Quest to Know, Polish/French Woman Writer and Scientist (1867-1934)
“Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.” ~Marie Curie Marie Curie discovered...
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Carol Ruckdeschel: “Tireless defender of sea turtles” (American Woman Writer and Researcher b. 1941)
I happened to catch a January 13, 2021 For the Wild podcast titled Carol Ruckdeschel on Keeping...
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Matilda Joslyn Gage: In Her Name, American Woman Writer and Activist (1826-1898)
A few weeks back, I came upon a term I had not heard before, the ‘Matilda Effect’. It’s defined...
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Polly Coppinger’s Son: Osceola,”Master Spirit of the Seminole Nation” (1804-1838)
National Indigenous Peoples Day is being celebrated across the United States this week. Malinda...
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The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton (2019)
This is remarkable: the stories of over 130 courageous women and their contributions in one book!...
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